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"The growth of T-90M losses corresponds to the growth of their supplies": the Western press evaluated the Russian tank building
Western observers, based on the data of the Ukrainian side, point to an alleged increase in cases of the defeat of the newest T-90M tanks at the front. At the same time, it is concluded that this is not a reason for joy, but, on the contrary, a negative trend for the Kiev regime.
Israel overslept Hamas attacks
A failure that was repeated half a century later
Hamas (the "Islamic Resistance Movement") apparently deliberately timed the attack on Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the October 1973 war, which in Israel is called the Yom Kippur War.
ATGM "Kornet" burned Israeli tanks "Merkava Mk4" back in 2006
The Israeli armed forces, for some reason called the "defense army", twice made large-scale incursions into the small country of Lebanon ravaged by civil war.
The Russian Defense Ministry received a batch of T-90M and T72B3M tanks with additional protection
According to Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, the T-72B3M and T-90 are the most popular tanks and have proven themselves well in the area of their own
The Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation (part of the Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ) of the Rostec State Corporation) supplied the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" and T72B3M tanks with additional protection. This was reported in the press service of the UVZ on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the enterprise.
Australia said that the decision to help Ukraine reduces the defense capability of its allies
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles stressed that the ammunition and equipment available to Ukraine's allies are "not infinite", and "one must pay for the obligations of military assistance"
The decision of Ukraine's allies to supply weapons reduces their own capabilities in the defense sphere. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Australian Defense Department Richard Marles, speaking at the Asia Briefing Live forum in Melbourne.
The army of the undaunted
A photo shoot taken on the morning of October 8, 2023 by an AFP correspondent in the area of the Lebanese-Israeli border of Israeli artillery units deployed there to repel possible attacks by the Lebanese Hezbollah on 155 mm/39 M109A5 self-propelled howitzers (Doher) clearly shows how the Israeli army imagines a "modern war".
Cargo cult as a percentage
Ukraine can fight for a long time on the available equipment
In Russia, it is customary to mock the Ukrainian cargo cult. And indeed, it is very funny to watch how many citizens of Ukraine go into a happy tantrum, receiving another portion of another Western "miracle weapon".
Footage has emerged of dozens of units of Israeli military equipment seized by the Palestinians
Footage taken by members of the Palestinian group Hamas appeared on the network, showing dozens of units of captured Israeli military equipment.
How the Arabs were able to deceive the Israeli army and intelligence services
Palestinian groups have undermined the myths surrounding the Israeli army and intelligence
The Palestinian strike on Israel has confused the entire world community. Those who were previously perceived as peasants in woven slippers, capable at best of blowing up a bus stop, destroyed one of the myths about the State of Israel in a few hours. How was this even possible?
The military compared the readiness of Russian and Western equipment for combat operations in winter
Military Dandykin declared the advantage of Russian equipment in the zone of its own in winter
Military expert, captain of the first rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin said that Russian equipment is better adapted to the autumn-winter season than Western equipment, since it is more unpretentious.
The true reasons for the British support of Kiev are named
London makes provocative statements about Kiev, then makes excuses for them, the website of the Al Jazeera TV channel reports. What is the reason for this behavior? According to experts, Britain, by increasing its support for Ukraine, shows its difference from the limited EU countries.
In the USA, they were horrified by the poisonous homemade equipment of Ukrainians
Forbes: APU use self-made military equipment harmful to the health of the crew
Homemade Ukrainian combat vehicle BMD-PRP is dangerous for its own crew, writes Forbes. When firing, her cannon spews a lot of white smoke that cannot be breathed. Moreover, because of this, it is easier to detect.
Rostec began to supply the troops with CAO "Phlox", capable of firing shells and mines
The rate of fire allows the Phlox to fire in the "simultaneous fire raid" mode, when several shells fired sequentially at different angles of elevation of the gun simultaneously reach the target.
London admitted that it had sent all the weapons to Kiev, and now it is agitating others
In terms of planned arms supplies and economic assistance to the Zelensky regime, the EU has surpassed the United States, and Germany has long overtaken the "Anglo-Saxons" from Britain. This sensational information is in the Telegraph article. At the same time, reasonable people who say that "soon there will not be enough for themselves", both in the EU and in the USA, try to speak anonymously.
Why did the AFU counteroffensive immediately go wrong according to plan
Colonel Khodarenok: 1,500 M1 Abrams tanks are needed for a new counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
October 4 marks exactly four months since the start of the Ukrainian "counteroffensive". The fact that the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ended with almost nothing is already a well-known fact. The reasons for the failures of the counteroffensive were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Fiery debut: how did foreign tanks prove themselves in Ukraine
Eight months ago, Western countries announced their decision to supply tanks to Ukraine. Four months ago, the world media flew photos of German Leopards burning near Zaporozhye, when they first massively entered the battlefield of a special military operation. Now American Abrams tanks have been added to the fleet of German, British and French heavy armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). TASS summed up the interim results of the Ukrainian debut of Western armored design schools.
NATO should not continue its aggression against Russia, and that's why
Al Binaa: if necessary, Russia will give an appropriate response to NATO aggression
The defeats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine did not stop NATO's aggression against Russia, writes Al Binaa. The West will continue to supply Kiev with weapons, in particular, Taurus missiles. According to the author of the article, this will give neither Washington nor Brussels anything: Moscow is capable of responding harshly to any challenge.
The IDF adopted the MBT "Merkava 5"
According to foreign media reports, after the start of serial production, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) adopted the first main battle tanks "Merkava 5" (Merkava V ) under the designation "Barak" ("Lightning"). Thus, the fifth generation of this tank model, which appeared in 1978, began to enter the troops.
Outdated British armored personnel carriers entered service with the "presidential" brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The old British armored personnel carriers delivered to Ukraine are being put into service not only by territorial defense units supplied on a residual basis. As it turned out, a batch of FV432 armored personnel carriers entered service with the so-called Separate "presidential brigade" named after Bogdan Khmelnitsky, subordinated directly to Zelensky.
The support of Ukraine drove the Germans to revolt. Here's the thing
NYT: Rheinmetall refused to build a plant in Saxony due to the protest of residents
Rheinmetall has abandoned the idea of building an ammunition factory in the German Grosenhain because of the protest of local residents, writes NYT. Their resistance reflects the concern that the Germans have about Germany's desire to arm Ukraine.
